Yamuna Shivdikar (70) who travels from Shivadi says it is the family’s fourth generation selling fish at the present location and she doesn’t want to shift to the market.The ROB has been planned at the Deslisle road bridge, near Lower Parel railway station at N. The shopkeepers said that the new spaces provided by the BMC were not in good condition. In return, we don’t get any facility but we somehow manage.The Asian Age tried to contact BMC officer Sangeeta Hasnale but she did not reply to our message or calls.Owners are demanding a written assurance from the BMC for last six months. "That market is still in the same condition so what is the reason BMC wants us to shift to that market now? Why is BMC hesitating to give us on paper?” he asked.”Shop owners from Prof Dadasheb Khamkar Mandai Vyapari Mandal protested the BMC’s handling by keeping the shop shut for a day. Joshi Marg. The BMC is forcibly shifting nearly 173 shops located near the station area.M. Most of us are the only earners in our family.

We had given our place to MHADA for developing a building in the 70s.Tukaram Patil pointed out that around 40 years ago, the then mayor and other leaders and BMC officials had told them not to shift to the said market where the BMC wanted to relocate them now..M.The ROB has been planned at the Deslisle road bridge, near Lower Parel railway station at N. The market is on the ground floor of the building and is not in good condition. But in return, they have been threatened saying if they didn’t move, they would be shifted to Mahul. Mumbai: Nearly 173 shopkeepers at Lower Parel - who will be relocated to make space for the Road over Bridge (ROB) - have refused to move into the alternate space provided by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). They have been asked to move into the Prof Dadasaheb Khamkar Mandai market which is near the bridge. Vatsala Kharde who comes from Versova said, "We make regular payments to BMC. Other shop-owners supported them in their protest. The place is very small

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